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  Presidential poll: Counting of votes to begin at 11 am tomorrow

  July 19, 2017 17:43 IST

  First, the ballot box of Parliament House would be opened, and then, the ballot boxes received from states would be counted on alphabetical basis. The votes would be counted on four separate tables and there would be eight rounds of counting.

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  D Roopa case: Govt sided with corrupt officials, says BS Yeddyurappa

  July 19, 2017 17:40 IST

  The BJP today slammed the Karnataka government over the transfer of DIG (Prisons) D Roopa after she brought to light the alleged special treatment meted out to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala in the central jail here.

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  No proposal to cut maternity benefits: Government

  July 19, 2017 18:37 IST

  There is no proposal by the government to cut down maternity benefits in the draft on Labour Code on Social Security, Parliament was informed today.

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  Disruption of Parliament part of Congress ploy to evade debate: BJP’s Sambit Patra

  July 19, 2017 17:08 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that Congress was resorting to a specific tactic in order to create ruckus on the floor of the House, and brought proof to claim that the party had planned this in advance.

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  Uproar in Rajya Sabha over SP leader Naresh Agarwal's remarks on Hindu gods

  July 19, 2017 16:48 IST

  Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Agarwal quoted a verse he said he once read somewhere in 1991 that juxtaposed alcohol and Hindu gods.

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  IndiGo revokes ban on TDP MP Diwakar Reddy

  July 19, 2017 16:18 IST

  As of June 16, all the major seven domestic airlines had barred Reddy from their flights. It was alleged that he had in June created ruckus at the Visakhapatnam airport.

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  No need for a separate law for mob lynching, says government

  July 19, 2017 15:52 IST

  The minister was responding to a supplementary question by Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who asked if the central government was planning to modify the CrPC and IPC to deal with mob lynching.

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  As state reels under drought, Tamil Nadu govt announces twofold hike in salary for MLAs

  July 19, 2017 15:27 IST

  Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had pulled up the state government and asked it to take steps to prevent farmers’ suicide and not to go around distributing compensation after they commit suicide.

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  Israeli prisoners brainwashed Goa's serial desecrator, says Manohar Parrikar

  July 19, 2017 14:58 IST

  The Chief Minister told the Goa Assembly that Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Veerappan were Pereira's idols.

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  Take nation into confidence on J&K, Congress tells govt

  July 19, 2017 14:44 IST

  Rejecting the government's claim that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had improved, the party's senior spokespersons, Ghulam Nabi Azad and P Chidambaram, said in a statement that casualties had been reported from the state everyday since July 10.

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  Nagaland Governor dismisses Liezietsu government, Zeliang to be sworn in as new CM

  July 19, 2017 14:22 IST

  The Governor has invited veteran Naga People's Front (NPF) legislator T.R. Zeliang to form a new government.

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  Special court refuses to revoke POCSO charges against former SP minister Gayatri Prajapati

  July 19, 2017 15:59 IST

  Uma Shanker Sharma, the judge of the special court, fixed August 1 as the next date of hearing wherein evidence would be submitted against Prajapati.

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  Dragging BJP into cow vigilantism not right, says govt as Opposition disrupts Parliament

  July 19, 2017 14:27 IST

  Opposition parties raked up the issues of mob lynching and continuing suicides by farmers as they sought to corner the government on the third day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament.

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  China is our enemy, not Pakistan: Mulayam in Lok Sabha

  July 19, 2017 14:02 IST

  Mulayam also claimed that China had buried nuclear weapons in Pakistan to target India, adding that Indian intelligence agencies "would know better".

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  Tejashwi Yadav owes public explanation on corruption charges levelled against him, reiterates JD(U)

  July 19, 2017 12:35 IST

  Talking to India TV , JD(U) spokesperson Ajay Alok said that his party is still of the opinion that Tejashwi must clarify his position in public with concrete proof in this matter.

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  Section of Bengal CPI-M not happy with party’s support to Gopalkrishna Gandhi in vice-presidential election

  July 19, 2017 11:43 IST

  Section of Bengal CPI-M not happy with party’s support to Gopalkrishna Gandhi in vice-presidential election

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  Nagaland CM fails to turn up for floor test, House adjourned sine die

  July 19, 2017 11:15 IST

  Governor PB Acharya had yesterday directed Speaker to summon an emergent special session of the assembly at 9.30 am for the CM, who is facing a rebellion from MLAs of his party NPF, to seek confidence vote.

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  Precedents suggest Mayawati’s resignation likely to be rejected on technical grounds

  July 19, 2017 8:09 IST

  Her resignation may not be accepted because members quitting Parliament are expected to submit their resignation in a simple format and without conditions

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  Congress removes Satyavrat Chaturvedi as chief party whip in Rajya Sabha

  July 18, 2017 23:32 IST

  The Congress today removed Satyavrat Chaturvedi as the party's chief whip in Rajya Sabha and replaced him with Bhubaneshwar Kalita.

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  After HC rejects his plea, Nagaland CM Liezietsu to face trust vote tomorrow

  July 18, 2017 22:56 IST

  Nagaland CM Shurhozelie Liezietsu will tomorrow face a floor test at a special session of the state assembly after the Gauhati High Court today dismissed his plea to stay the trust vote.

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  Karnataka flag row: One nation, one flag, says Ministry of Home Affairs

  July 18, 2017 22:55 IST

  “We are one nation, one flag. Legally there is no provision either for providing or prohibiting a separate flag for any state,” a home ministry spokesperson said.

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  Apollo Hospitals ready for probe into Jayalalithaa’s death

  July 18, 2017 22:50 IST

  “We have all the data. There was no interference in the medical treatment given to her (Jayalalithaa)," Apollo Hospital Group’s Founder Chairman Prathap C. Reddy said.

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  Lalu Yadav backs Mayawati, calls BJP an ‘anti-Dalit party’

  July 18, 2017 22:24 IST

  Lalu said that his party would again send Mayawati to the Upper House of the Parliament if she so desires.

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  Mayawati's resignation from Rajya Sabha: A fit of rage or eye on 2019 Lok Sabha elections?

  July 18, 2017 20:13 IST

  Mayawati’s decision to put in her resignation in Rajya Sabha is not something she has done in a fit of rage. In fact, it comes across as a calculated strategy towards reviving the fortune of her party

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  There will be no shortage of beef in Goa, assures CM Manohar Parrikar

  July 18, 2017 20:23 IST

  CM Manohar Parrikar assured the Assembly on Tuesday that there will be no shortage of meat in Goa and his government has kept open its option of importing it from Karnataka.

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  Won't resign as Dy CM, Tejashwi tells Nitish in closed-door meeting

  July 18, 2017 21:52 IST

  With cracks in the Mahagathbandhan widening each day and leaders of JD(U) and RJD openly attacking each other over Tejashwi, all eyes will now be on the stand Nitish takes in the matter.

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  'Not allowed to speak on atrocities against Dalits, Muslims': Mayawati in 3-page resignation

  July 18, 2017 18:29 IST

  BSP supremo Mayawati today resigned from the Rajya Sabha, hours after she was asked by chair to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

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  Can Karnataka have a separate flag? Siddaramaiah govt forms panel to look into legal aspects

  July 18, 2017 18:14 IST

  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has constituted a 9-member committee to look into legal sanctity of an official state flag.